IN-PERSON

Dallas CIO Executive Summit

May 9, 2023 | Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel

May 9, 2023
Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Dallas's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Boosting Efficiencies by Scaling Data and Analytics Access Across the Enterprise

Increasing Competitive Advantage to Attract and Retain Critical Talent

Leading through Volatility to Enable the Organization to Succeed

Dallas CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Sumit Anand

At Home
Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Information Officer

Mike Anderson

Netskope
Chief Digital & Information Officer

Paola Arbour

Tenet Health
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Neelu Sethi

Reddy Ice Holdings
SVP, Chief Information Officer

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Dallas CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Evanta's Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda


May 8, 2023

6:00pm - 8:30pm  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Winning the Race – CIOs & Burnout

Just like marathon runners who push themselves too hard and risk injury, CIOs continue to push themselves to do more in high-pressure environments. Between rising CEO expectations, digital accelerations, hybrid work and other disruptions, stress levels are soaring. With leaders feeling the pressure and managing teams who are exhausted, how can CIOs go the extra mile to prioritize the mental health of themselves and their workforce?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Redefining your “win” strategy – Prioritizing no more than three goals at a time
  • Empowering yourself by empowering others – best practices for prioritizing mental, emotional and physical health
  • Broadening your support network – delegating effectively and communicating needs clearly to business partners

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

Data and AI – Driving Value for Your Organization

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Eric Ranta

Director, Customer Value & Transformation Advisors

Google Cloud

Even the most successful companies face challenges harnessing the full value of a robust data and AI strategy. Technology leaders must keep abreast of data and AI trends to understand how to realize and prioritize greater potential at scale for optimal business value.

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • Benefits of a unified data and AI platform
  • Customer success insights
  • Five trends for an interconnected data strategy

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Moving Towards Digital Fluency — CIOs Discuss the Next Stage in their Digital Evolution

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Alberto Montufar

Director - Financial Services Business Development

Softtek

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Maynard Ahner

CTO and Digital Product Management

Wells Fargo

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Ravi Chirumamilla

CIO, Consumer & Digital Banking

KeyBank

Digitally fluent organizations experience dramatically higher growth, lower attrition, and higher customer satisfaction. Yet, for most CIOs, this is an ongoing journey and many organizations still describe themselves at mid to lower levels of digital maturity.

Join this session with CIO peers to discuss:

  • Leading strategic change within your organization: recent hits or misses

  • Looking ahead in your digital evolution: the next big thing

  • Evaluating needs for digital evolution and analyzing IT provider involvement

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).To reserve your seat, please contact: Rob Wilson at rob.wilson@evanta.com

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

M&A — The CIO as a Strategic Driver

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Larry Freed

CIO

Overhead Door

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Robert Rosen

CIO

Arcosa

IT is often an afterthought when it comes to mergers and acquisitions processes, but technology leaders have the power to leverage these changes into positive, permanent growth within an organization. How are you preparing now to thoughtfully execute the next business integration in a way that unlocks new potential for your organization?

Join this session as your peers discuss:

  • Lessons learned from past mergers and acquisitions

  • How to leverage the potential influx of funding and talent

  • Why empathetic leadership is crucial during times of change

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Unlocking the Value of Data Across the Enterprise

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Neelu Sethi

SVP, Chief Information Officer

Reddy Ice Holdings

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Sandeep Dave

Chief Digital and Technology Officer

CBRE

The ultimate goal for the enterprise is to build a culture where data is free flowing and easily accessible to decision makers. However, company adoption of data and analytics can be hindered by both cultural and technical challenges. Join Sandeep Dave, Chief Digital & Technology Officer at CBRE as he shares his journey in cultivating data literacy and unleashing the power of data across the enterprise.

In this session, we’ll explore:

  • Bridging skills gaps and continuing education across the enterprise
  • Breaking down silos across departments to ensure data accessibility
  • Shifting the responsibility of governance to the business

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

7:45am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

The Path to Inner Peace and Increased Productivity

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Sheri Riley

Empowerment Speaker, High Performance Life Coach, Award-Winning Author

Guest Speaker

Achieving optimal health and wellness requires more than drinking enough water and taking a certain number of steps each day. As a leader, your emotional and mental well-being is vital for success. Join guest speaker Dr. Sheri Riley, as she discusses the importance of personal development in achieving professional growth.

During this keynote, you'll discover powerful strategies to:

  • Boost your productivity by sharpening your focus
  • Overcome obstacles that are impeding progress
  • Fine-tune your vision for the future, so you can achieve even greater success

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Staying One Step Ahead of Cybercriminals

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Mark Stone

CIO

Texas A&M University System

As a CIO, you are no stranger to mitigating cybersecurity risks across the enterprise. Discover and protect your most valuable resources— moving your organization from reactive to proactive.

Join Texas A&M CIO Mark Stone as he shares:

  • How to identify and train a cyber-savvy workforce
  • Develop a robust incident prevention and response capability
  • Lessons learned and success stories

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Leading with Digital Sustainability - A Strategy Led by Technology

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Loren Hudziak

Sr Customer Engineer Manager

Google Chrome Enterprise

Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability. This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues maximizes sustainable value across the business.

Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:

  • Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
  • How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
  • Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)    

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Making Data-Driven Decisions in the Age of the Unexpected

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Kaushik Malladi

Global Supply Chain Executive, Data & Technology Transformation

IBM

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Varun Gadhok

CIO

Surgery Partners

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Scott Willett

Asst Vice - Chancellor / CTO

The University of Texas System

The 2020s are now commonly referred to as the “age of the unexpected.” Organizations must navigate the unpredictable with a strategic and dynamic mindset. From labor disruptions and supply chain shortages to rising inflation and increased regulation, IT leaders need quality data for decision-making, enhanced collaboration, and assurance to meet the evolving business needs when disruption is the norm.

Join IBM to explore strategies to:  

  • Leverage AI to increase efficiency and accuracy enterprise-wide

  • Improve the speed of business while mitigating risk

  • Encourage innovation to directly improve business outcomes

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).To reserve your seat, please contact: Rob Wilson at rob.wilson@evanta.com

10:25am - 11:00am  Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

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Nitin Chaturvedi

Chief Digital & Technology Officer

KFC

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • How new technology movements will impact key stakeholders
  • The importance of communicating emerging trends with the board
  • Strategies for collaboration across the organization

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Striving for Human Excellence Regardless of Work Location

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Gary Sorrentino

Global CIO

Zoom Video Communications

Now that the pandemic is behind us, how do we make people better moving forward? Regardless of whether they are working remotely, in office or hybrid, we need to continue to create a culture of collaboration and innovation. Please join Zoom’s Global CIO, Gary Sorrentino for an in-depth discussion on unleashing human excellence.

Topics of conversation will include:

  • How to upskill our employees to be the best that they can be - striving for human excellence
  • Trends to shape UCaaS and CCaaS
  • Predictions for the future of work

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Achieving Growth and Profitability Through Optimization in Complex Times

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Dan Barth

VP

Rimini Street

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Sunitha Chinthalapudi

Head of Commercial Capital Technology

Wells Fargo

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Ray Kunik

Chief Digital Officer

Resideo

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Eric Poon

CTO Portfolio Manager

PepsiCo

Faced with growing economic uncertainty and budget concerns, CIOs are under more pressure than ever to keep costs under control while still supporting the company’s growth opportunities. With the right application strategies in place, they can make ROI-based decisions more confidently during these complex times.

Join this boardroom session to discuss:

  • Maximize the value of applications while remaining agile

  • Optimize through service unification

  • Improve efficiencies through architectures to support company growth

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Rob Wilson at rob.wilson@evanta.com

2:15pm - 2:50pm  Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Breakout Session

Untangling Talent — Closing Gaps and Cultivating Learning

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Mruna Asoori

Chief Technology Officer

First Command Financial Services

Today, CIOs are faced with heightened talent challenges not seen in previous economic downturns. The demand for advanced tech skills still outweighs the supply of talent, even considering recent ‘big tech’ layoffs. How can CIOs spearhead a strategy that helps overcome the constant gap in tech skills and lays the cultural foundations for continuous digital ambitions?  

Join your peers to discuss:

  • Preparing employees for change and to utilize their full potential
  • Blending traditional and unconventional approaches to close talent and skill gap
  • Aligning enterprise culture with key business outcomes

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Accelerating Speed to Value on IT Investments

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Beth Weeks

Executive Vice President Development

Planview

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Gopal Kesavan

Head of Bill Pay, Payments Technology

USAA

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Mike Santimaw

SVP, Chief Digital Officer

Mode Transportation

Executives plan to spend nearly $5 trillion in enterprise IT spending in 2023 based on Gartner’s latest forecast. Now, more than ever, CIOs have the opportunity to lead transformative change by demonstrating how their IT investments are improving time-to-value and predictability for their organization.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Shortening the time from idea to business outcomes
  • Meeting customer and market commitments under constraints
  • Building more accurate plans via better capacity assumptions

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Rob Wilson at rob.wilson@evanta.com

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Applications Integration for Business Acceleration

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Sean Murphy

Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

Boomi

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Brent Cerka

Chief Information Officer

Warren Equipment

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Heidi Cox

CIO

HKS

Integrating applications allows companies to use their existing technologies, in combination, to their fullest potential, to provide seamless experiences to internal and external users. As CIOs take stock of their sprawling applications portfolio, how can they cut through the complexity to create integrated experiences underpinned by a modern IT foundation that connects data and technologies?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Leveraging low-code/no-code capabilities to free up valuable resources
  • Gaining insight into technical debt and maximize the value of applications
  • Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements and accelerate transformation

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

Driving a Digital Enterprise – A Strategic Mindset Shift

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Dalia Powers

SVP & CIO, Digital & Data Platforms

Humana

Digital transformation goes beyond technology and must include a culture and mindset shift across the enterprise. Today CIOs must start thinking differently about the digital capabilities across the organization to drive a successful digital enterprise into the future.

Join Dalia Powers, SVP and CIO at Humana to discuss:

  • Upskilling leaders (business and technology) to bring digital strategy into all aspects of the organization
  • Improving processes within product management, design and technology
  • Balancing optimization and transformation and uncovering the role of data in digital transformation

4:35pm - 5:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

May 8, 2023

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 469-925-1800. Please mention Evanta Q2 Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $329 USD (plus tax) is April 17, 2023.

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Rob Wilson

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rob.wilson@evanta.com